We'd rather presumed you had decided as we e-mailed you in September and didn't receive any acknowledgement.

No issue in principle with Reading being a part of FOCAL under the terms that all other events are, however all events were asked to be confirmed 6 months prior if they were old events, or 3 months prior if new. I did attach something that said that when I tried to make contact.

If we need to add pages to the website, and try and publicise etc. though, we really need the time to be able to work on that. So if you are genuinely considering it, could you let us know by the last day of the month please - otherwise we'll presume that you're happier being an independent event.

Congrats to Rob Foster who beat Graeme Cole 67-99 in an exciting final where a 17 point lead turned into a 32 points loss.
Full recaps and results later in the weekend. Thanks to the the 17 players we raised over £185 for the charity.

Graeme selects a tactical six small selection and Rob fails to get it, giving Graeme a 17 point lead.

Tony shows a picture of the Ugandan school latrines with the church name on, built thanks to the money raised
for the Mitaya Charity the previous year, and mentions that word games are good for the brain.

Round 7: R N S L O E A G O

Rob: ARENOSOL (8)
Graeme: sonoral (0)
Score: 33-42 (max 50)

Graeme was thinking of sonorant. Arenosol is a soil of a type consisting mainly of sand, with little
humus or clay, found typically in deserts and arid tropical regions.

Round 8: R T N E O I T N I

Rob: TRETINOIN (18)
Graeme: TONTINE (7)
Score: 51-42 (max 68)

Game on! Tretinoin is a preparation of retinoic acid, applied to the skin to treat acne and other disorders.

A miscall from both players: micellas (or mycellas) are the same as micelles,
aggregates of molecules in colloidal solutions, such as those formed by detergents.

Round 13: K T R D I U E E O

Rob: ETOURDIE (8)
Graeme: OUTRIDE (7)
Score: 82-60 (max 105)

Rob outrides Graeme with the Darrenic eight to get an uncatchable lead, though he is lucky
as only étourdi is valid in Oxford Online - a thoughtless, irresponsible, or foolish person
(especially a man); a scatterbrain.